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AXIS Flight School offers structured, progressive training designed to help sport skydivers of all levels achieve their personal and competitive goals. Whether you’re looking to improve your canopy skills, master new freefall techniques in the tunnel and sky, or prepare for competition, our world-class coaches will guide you every step of the way.

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  • AXIS Foundations of Flight – Side Buddies

     

  • MOAB

    The M.O.A.B. Boogie (or Mother Of All Boogies) is an annual skydiving event held at Skydive Moab, Utah. AXIS Flight School attended the 8th annual event to organize formation and freefly jumps. In addition, I was able to take part in some of the off-site jumps, such as MOAB Airpark and Castle Valley in order to…

  • Bumping end-cells and kicking pilot-chutes

    Just the other day I did some fun jumps with Amy Chmelecki of Arizona Arsenal and Travis Mills from Team Disfunction. Both of them were under new canopies, and some flocking jumps proved a great way to dial them in. I took the image below by mounting my still camera on my helmet backwards. Here…

  • CReW on Velocity? You betcha!

    Brianne and I snuck out this morning to do a fun jump with our beautiful orange Performance Designs canopies. “The Velocity is designed specifically to satisfy pilots who have already been jumping high performance elliptical canopies at high wing loadings, and are looking for something more. Its rigid crossbraced structure and extremely responsive controls provide a…

  • David’s Edit

    On August 28th, I made a jump with David Strobel and his 1,100 sqft flag. Here is the freshly edited video footage. Enjoy 🙂

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight – Head Down Flower Exit

    In the September issue of Parachutist‘s Foundations of Flight, we examine the 2-way head down flower exit.

  • Flying an 1,100 square foot flag

    Yesterday I got a chance to make a jump with David Strobel and his 1,100 sqft flag at Skydive Arizona. David is a former member of the “Team Fastrax” Demo Team.   For more information about Team Fastrax, please watch Giving Back: The Team Fastrax Story by Norman Kent Productions. 

  • AXIS Foundation of Flight – Launching a 2-way Side-body

    Here is AXIS Flight School’s latest installment of Foundations of Flight: Launching a 2-way Side-body piece

  • AXIS – Swoop and Slide

    Here is some Go Pro footage of what happens when AXIS goes out to play. Niklas Daniel and Brianne Thompson of AXIS Flight School cool off by landing on a 200 foot slip and slide at Skydive Arizona. Also featured on Blue Skies Mag!

  • IAF training enters its final week

    There are only a few days left before the Indian Air Force completes their training here are Skydive Arizona. It is truly amazing to have witnessed the transformation of the group. Each person is a completely different skydiver than when they first arrived. In addition to all of their gained technical knowledge, the groups overall energy…